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Following, Winfrey's impassioned speech that touched on the Me Too movement and a broader push for people to fight for truth, the call for Winfrey to run in 2020 caught fire over social media and was only inflamed as close confidants offered their opinions.

Longtime partner Stedman Graham said earlier this month, "it's up to the people. She would absolutely do it." Best friend Gayle King said recently on CBS This Morning she thought Winfrey was "very intrigued," but ultimately didn't believe she would run.

The matter even reached a press briefing with President Trump, with the former celebrity-turned-commander in chief saying she was a close friend and "I'd beat Oprah."

Here's Winfrey's full answer when she was asked, "How do you feel when people say, 'Oprah 2020'?":

"[Laughs] I actually saw a mug the other day ... I thought it was a cute mug. All you need is a mug and some campaign literature and a T-shirt. I’ve always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not. And so it’s not something that interests me. I don’t have the DNA for it. Gayle—who knows me as well as I know myself practically—has been calling me regularly and texting me things, like a woman in the airport saying, 'When’s Oprah going to run?' So Gayle sends me these things, and then she’ll go, 'I know, I know, I know! It wouldn’t be good for you—it would be good for everyone else.' I met with someone the other day who said that they would help me with a campaign. That’s not for me."